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Kevin Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇷 @kbaxter11.bsky.social · 2h

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Tommy Edman and Andy Pages put struggles aside to be key part of decisive Dodgers' inning

Tommy Edman had tough season for the Ddgers. Andy Pages has had a tough postseason. But they were in the middle of it all in the 11th inning.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t, sorry!

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 3h

Plaschke: A wild finish propels the Dodgers into NLCS and past their toughest playoff test

Commentary: A wild finish propels the Dodgers into NLCS and past their toughest playoff test

Yeah, the rest of their journey should be the easy part, the Dodgers already conquering their Goliath equal in a Phillies series that was essentially the World Series.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 7h

Heaven’s light at Dodger Stadium

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 8h

If by “rules” you mean “is trying to kill me,” then yes, this is accurate!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

this game rules lol

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Kevin Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇷 @kbaxter11.bsky.social · 1d

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'You get a new game every day.' Clayton Kershaw tries to put Game 3 debacle behind him

“I just wasn’t finding it,” Dodgers icon Clayton Kershaw says after he was hit hard by the Phillies in Game 3 of the NLDS.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9h

You are very kind MacKenzie!!

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 10h

ITFDB!

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks everyone for reading my Boiling Point newsletter the last 5 years. Today's edition is a goodbye note — and an update on what comes next. Happy to say my @latimes.com colleagues will keep bringing Boiling Point to your inbox every Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Leaving the L.A. Times, and a new direction for Boiling Point

I'm not done telling stories about climate. And neither are my wonderful friends and colleagues.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 10h

Why has Shohei Ohtani gone missing at the plate for the Dodgers? www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Commentary: Why has Shohei Ohtani gone missing at the plate for the Dodgers?

The Dodgers almost certainly can’t win a World Series with Shohei Ohtani as ineffective at the plate as he was for extended stretches last year.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 11h

Dodgers hope a very, very rested hometown hero can pitch them into NLCS www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Commentary: Dodgers hope a very, very rested hometown hero can pitch them into NLCS

Tyler Glasnow will be starting for his hometown Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS against the Phillies, but is there a chance he might be too rested for the game?

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15h

Don't worry, more to come!

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you, Maxine! Post-Boiling Point, anyway...

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks everyone for reading my Boiling Point newsletter the last 5 years. Today's edition is a goodbye note — and an update on what comes next. Happy to say my @latimes.com colleagues will keep bringing Boiling Point to your inbox every Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Leaving the L.A. Times, and a new direction for Boiling Point

I'm not done telling stories about climate. And neither are my wonderful friends and colleagues.

www.latimes.com

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Dodgers quickly lose control in NLDS Game 3 loss to Phillies

Kyle Schwarber's 455-foot homer off Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the fourth awoke the dormant Phillies offense and carried the team to an 8-2 win over the Dodgers.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Normally I hate it when people dump on Doc, who is amazing at his job. And the main problem tonight was the offense not scoring runs. But I am very confused what is in his head this evening.

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s pretty close to being flushed already… It’s certainly flushed.” Has Dave Roberts lost his mind? www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s pretty close to being flushed already… It’s certainly flushed.” Has Dave Roberts lost his mind? www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Disneyland just raised its ticket prices in the middle of the night (again)

The park, currently in the midst of its 70th celebration, has increased prices on most single day, single park tickets. It also introduced a new offer for California residents.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

New California law requires Imperial County governments to publish agendas in Spanish www.kpbs.org/news/racial-...

New California law requires Imperial County governments to publish agendas in Spanish

The lack of consistent Spanish translation at local government meetings has locked many residents out of the democratic process.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

A fridge for every apartment in California, thanks to a new law

California renters will no longer have to hunt down a fridge. Starting next year landlords will be required to provide refrigerators and stoves with new leases.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

This detail about the Palisades arrest is wild:
While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: “Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes,” according to the criminal complaint. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is suspected of setting a fire on New Year’s Eve that eventually became the Palisades fire.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

You too, Anne — and thank you!

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2d

NBC developing Wordle game show hosted by Savannah Guthrie

"Tonight" host Jimmy Fallon is producing a pilot based on the popular New York Times word game.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Nestle stuck it out less than 2 years with the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, and never actually reported its dairy methane emissions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @raineytime.bsky.social for spotlighting my last column for @latimes.com, about the end of coal power in California, in today’s Essential CA newsletter: www.latimes.com/california/n...

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